Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Translation docs on web

I've moved the start of the Psalms work onto the web.
A couple of things to notice:

Variants (the old "O" notes) are now underlined (think: the underlying text)
Different meanings (the old "N" notes) are now shaded (think: shades of meaning)
   (though emails can't reproduce shading, so I'm using Grey font instead in the examples below)

This means we can now mix a different meaning and a variant, eg
Ps.2.12: the Son<or: purity |poss: his feet ("and rejoice"  moved, based on conjecture)>

Try to use only the following set of reasons for different meanings:
lit: – A more literal translation that reflects the language of the original (not often needed in the ESV).
ie: – A more idiomatic translation or paraphrase in modern English.
or: – An alternative meaning or nuance of the word or phrase.
old Eng: – An archaic translation (usually. reflecting the King James Version)
sounds like: – meaning of a name or a pun in the original (mainly in Hebrew), or where a word might be a name, eg man<sounds like: Adam>
(Notice the colons: this helps us get away with the fact that we aren't using "i.e." or "lit.", and it makes a nice demarcation between the reason and the reading)

Put notes IMMEDIATELY after the word, otherwise we introduce new spaces, eg:
Ps.2.1: Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain<or: think foolishly>?

When you use "|" to indicate a new item on a new line, don't leave a space after it, unless you want a space at the start of the new line), eg:
Gen.26.33  Beersheba<ie: 'Well of the Seven' |or ie: 'Well of the Oath'>


Prefix "prob" and "poss" before variants, according to the decisions of UBS
as in the Teamwork document, ie
- Use prob: in NT when option agrees with UBS, and in OT when option agrees with UBS A or B grade, and poss: for others (incl. NT [[UBS]] and OT C & D grades).

Don't bother to collect exhaustive data on variants at this stage - we can do it more quickly in large sweeps later - leave empty brackets if nec, eg:
Ps.4.4 ponder <poss: be bitter (two letters transposed based on ???)>


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Hope this isn't too much at once.

David IB
 

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